Sharkfin rf and camera integration

1. A communication assembly, comprising: a first antenna; a housing, configured to house the first antenna and an electronics enclosure, comprising a bottom configured to be disposed on a fuselage of a vehicle; and the electronics enclosure comprising: a radio frequency (RF) module; a camera module; and a communication unit, operably connected to the RF module and the camera module, configured to communicate with a processor, wherein the processor: processes radio frequency data collected by the RF module, processes image data collected by the camera module, the processing of the radio frequency data and the image data comprising serializing the radio frequency data and the image data to obtain individual packets of processed data, combines the radio frequency data and the image data to form the individual packets in a single data stream in the process of serializing the radio frequency data and the image data, and sends, via a single communication link, the individual packets of processed data to an electronic control module (ECU) of the vehicle, receives, via the single communication link, a command from the ECU, determines whether the command is addressed to the camera module or the RF module, and sends, in response to the determining, the command to the camera module or the RF module, wherein the electronics enclosure is configured to transmit heat to the fuselage of the vehicle by the bottom of the housing.

2. The communication assembly of claim 1 , wherein the electronics enclosure is disposed on the bottom of the housing.

3. The communication assembly of claim 2 , wherein the RF module is disposed adjacent to the bottom of the housing.

4. The communication assembly of claim 2 , wherein the camera module is disposed on the RF module.

5. The communication assembly of claim 4 , wherein the camera module comprises a plurality of metallic tracks configured to prevent transmission of electromagnetic interference generated by the RF module.

6. The communication assembly of claim 2 , wherein the electronics enclosure further comprises: a first heat transfer device disposed between the RF module and the bottom of the housing.

7. The communication assembly of claim 6 , wherein the electronics enclosure further comprises: a second heat transfer device disposed between the electronics enclosure and the fuselage of the vehicle.

8. The communication assembly of claim 1 , wherein the electronics enclosure further comprises: a second antenna disposed on an exterior surface of the electronics enclosure, wherein the RF module is operably connected to the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein the RF module is configured to: transmit a first signal to the first antenna comprising data received from a processor based a first type of the data, transmit a second signal to the first antenna comprising data received from a processor based a second type of the data.

9. The communication assembly of claim 1 , wherein the camera module is disposed adjacent to the bottom of the housing.

10. The communication assembly of claim 9 , wherein the electronics enclosure further comprises: a first heat transfer device disposed on the camera module.

11. The communication assembly of claim 9 , wherein the RF module is disposed on the first heat transfer device.

12. The communication assembly of claim 9 , wherein a second heat transfer device is disposed between the electronics enclosure and the bottom of the housing.

13. The communication assembly of claim 10 , wherein the first heat transfer device is a heat pipe.

14. The communication assembly of claim 1 , wherein the housing has a shape of a sharkfin.